Contemplation: Why am I suffering ?

[Rishabh R]

-Cause I am assuming that I know the truth 

-Cause I am not seeing other's suffering 

-Because I don't understand that other suffer 

-Cause I think that I am the only one who suffers

-Because I don't understand the irrationality of my emotions 

-Cause I think that everyone has reached the end point of success and I am in the starting point 

-Cause I don't know that success has no end point and failure is temporary 

-Cause I don't know that success is also temporary

Any thought @Leo Gura and people ?

[r0ckyreed]

Because you care, desire, and are selfish and life is selfless. The short answer is limited perception or ignorance/selfishness/bias. 
 

But suffering isn’t necessarily a bad thing. True suffering is perceiving this Heaven as Hell. True freedom is perceiving Hell as Heaven. In between these two is the process of life. The Buddha was wrong. Life isn’t suffering. Life is perception. Life is states of consciousness. 

Edited February 25, 2023 by r0ckyreed

[Leo Gura]

Because you are selfish and lack Consciousness.

Edited February 25, 2023 by Leo Gura

[UnbornTao]

I recommend first questioning What is suffering?

Is it the same as pain?

I haven't done this contemplation yet.

Edited February 25, 2023 by UnbornTao

[Rishabh R]

Guys could you point out the truth that I am avoiding  cause I  am suffering due to images of past such as threat , rejections, heartbreak coming to my mind .

[r0ckyreed]

Hell isn’t a place, it is a perception. It is all perception!!! It is about how you interpret and think about your life. It is your philosophy that makes you suffer or flourish.

Edited February 26, 2023 by r0ckyreed

[hyruga]

There will always be something to be sad about. Or you will worry about your future.

You want to rise up.

Edited February 26, 2023 by hyruga

[Girzo]

Because I protest dropping my false ideas about how the world works.

[Moksha]

- Cause you insist on imposing your desires upon the cosmos, instead of surrendering to the gift of the cosmos working through you

[Bobby_2021]

Your suffering is God's guilty pleasure.